I 'spec someone does ...

[Avery Todd]

Hi Alan,

Never a dull moment, huh? <grin>


On 9/25/07, Alan Barnard <pianotuner at embarqmail.com> wrote:
>
>  Tuned a Hyundai G-82 grand, today. First I'd ever seen or even heard of?
> (We live a sheltered life, here in the boondocks, i.e., the Ozarks.)
>
> Pretty case, has potential I think, but regulation is horrible (see horror
> story below) and it badly needs voicing after that.
>
>  Meat of Message (pork, mostly):  *Does anyone out there have a set of reg
> specs for this piano or know where I could reasonable get them?*
>
Personally, I wouldn't worry to much about getting the specs. They're
usually only sort of a "guide" anyway and need to be refined with the action
in the piano.

>From what you say, assuming the customer will pay for it, I'd pull the
action and set all the jack positions correctly and make sure you have some
repetition, reinstall the action, check/set the let-off (*you might also
have to do some preliminary drop adjustments while the action is out if it's
really messed up*).

Then when you have let-off , make sure the key dip is OK, set samples for
your hammer line to get the aftertouch you want, pull the action again and
set the hammer line. If your drop is basically OK, you can then set the
let-off in the piano, pull the action again and refine the drop.

I've probably forgotten something here but that should at least get you a
decently playing piano. Then go for the voicing!

Avery Todd

 Horror story, the worst note: F5 blocking against the strings "chingank"
> sort of sound. Found the lettoff button screwed to the top, no letoff at
> all. "Who would do this," I ask, "and why?" Tried to set a letoff, but the
> hammer failed to reset on every blow, i.e., dead note, no play. Hmmm ...
>
>  Further investigation finds the jack way too high, about 3 mm above the
> rep window. No wonder someone who couldn't/didn't diagnose the problem
> correctly messed with the letoff trying to get it to reset--I'm surprised
> he/she left the front rail punchings in place! Adjusted jack height and all
> is well—or at least the note plays, lets off, and resets. The only excuse I
> can give our mystery tuner is that who the heck would expect a key
> regulation item to be so far out of whack? And why would it? Given the
> piano's one-owner history, it almost had to come from the factory or
> dealer this way.
>
>  Alan Barnard
> Salem, MO
>
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